Friction coupling



J. S. WORTH.

FRICTION COUPLING.

MTPLICATION FILED AUG-5, I920.

1,438,077. Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

2 SH'EETSSHEET l- I J. s. WORTH. FRICTIONCOUPLING.

ION FILED AUG-5,1920

Patented Dec. 5, 1922 2 SHEETS SHEET 2.

Patented Dec. 5. 1222.

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Y FRICTION C fiP Application filed August i920. "Seri ai n6; 401,422. g H 1 T0 aZlwhomz'tmay concern: 4 i q Be it known that 1, JOHN SJ l/VORTH a citizen of the United States, residing in ,Coatesville, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements-in Friction Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in friction couplings, particularly those located'between driving and driven members of heavy machinery. i

' The object of my invention is to construct" the coupling so that it can properly transmit the power and to provide means by" which it can be readily adjusted and can be dismantled without interfering with the driving member.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of my improved friction coupling;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 22, Fig. 1; p

Fig. 3 is a detachedperspective View illustrating a portion of the shaft on which the coupling is mounted;

Fig. 1 and s Fig. 5 is a view of the spindled disk which presses upon the ,key.

1 is a shaft adapted to bearings 2-2 of any suitable construction. This shaft is provided with an integral collar 3, which rests against one of the bearings 2, as shown in Fig. 1. Mounted onthe shaft 1 aretwo is a perspective View of the .key;

hubs 1 and 5. The hub 1 is a fixed hub and is recessed to receive a portion of the collar 3. The hub 5 is spaced from the hub 4 so as to allow it to move to and from the hub 4,'when desired. The two hubs are keyed to'the shaft as shown by dotted lines in Fig.1, so that they will turn positively with the shaft. The hub 1 has a flange 6 and the hub 5 has a flange 7. These flanges are recessed to receive the friction rings 8, which are of any suitable material. Surroun dingthe two hubs 4: and 5 is a bushing 9 and mounted on this bushing is a drivingmembe'r 10 with which the rings 8 come in contact. On the periphery of this driving member are gear teeth 11, which mesh with a gear wheel 12 on a driving shaft 18 so that a positive motion is imparted to'the driving member 10, while the shaft 1 is driven through the two hubs from the driving memberby friction. The teeth. 11 of the driven member are wider than the teeth of the gear Wheel 12 so as to aiib'w a ertain lateral movement of the driving memberto take up the wear. if.

I-n' order to regulatethe friction ofthe'w coupling. I;

I This slot is of SllfilClQIlt length to allow for anindependent longitudinal movement of the 7 provide a key; 1 1, which is shaped as'shown in Figg' ly 'and which is qadapted to a slot 15 inthe" shaft 1.

key. The key is notched at each end to form a shoulder 16 which bears against the, hub 5.' Beyond the end'of the shaft -1'is a disk 17 having a spindle 18 which extends into an opening 19 in the end of the shaft and bears 'f upon the portion 20 ofthe key 14.

21 is a plate and mounted betweenthe plate and the disk are five coiled springs 22.

Extending through openings in the ,plate and disk and through each spring is a stud .bolt 23 screwed into threadedopenings 24 in the ends of the shaft. These stud bolts are'provided With nuts 25 on adjusting which moreorless pressure can be applied through the springs, disk spindle and wedge 14 to the hub. 5, so that when it' is desiredto increase the friction all thatisv necessary is to turn the nuts in one direction. When it is desired to reduce the fric tion; the nuts are turned in the opposite direction. y

By this construction, it will be seen thatthe "spring mechanism and the adjusting mechanism are on the outside of the coupling and on the end of the drivenshaft, so "that they are easily accessible for adjustment. Furthermore, by removing the plates and disks, withdrawing the spindle and removing one of the bearings, the key can be detached and the parts separated when it is desired to renew the friction surfaces. i

By the above construction, it'will be seenv that I provide a friction coupling located betweena driven and a driving shaftby which the driven shaft willbe. turned under ordinary loads and which when the load istoo great, will slip.

The invention is especially adapted for use where the driven shaft is connected to a dedriving meansand slippage is necessary; I claim:

vice,.whi ch may also be driven' byanother of a shaft; a, collar thereon, said shaft being slotted; a key mounted in the slot and projecting beyond each side of the shaft; a

. 1. The combination in a friction coupling} i 'plate; springs mounted between the plate and the disk; stud bolts projecting from the end of the shaft and extending; through the a disk and plate andhaving nuts thereon by which the plate can be adjusted; tWo flanged hubs mounted on the shaft between a shaft collar and the key; and a driven member located between the flanges of thehub.

2. The combination in a friction coupling, oi? a shaft; a collar thereon, said shaft being slotted; a key mounted in the slot and projecting beyond each side o fthe shaft; :1 disk on the end of the shaft; a spindle exesaow tending tromthe disk throu 'h an oaenine; m I I b L, in the shaft and bearing upon the key; a plate; springs mounted beti'veen the plate and the disk; stud bolts extending between the plate and the disk and having nuts thereon by which the plate can be adjusted; two, hubs mounted on the shaft between the collar and the key and arranged to'turn with the shaft eaoh'hub having an annular flange; friction rings mounted on the flanges; a driven member mounted on the hubs and having friction surfaces opposite the friction rings.

JOHNS. Wontrit 

